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RFDS WA launches Pilbara Telehealth Consultations

21 Jul 2026

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29 Mar 2023

Doctors' Day

To mark Doctors' Day, we reached out to three of the RFDS team to ask them what their job means to them. Here’s what they said.

29 Mar 2023

#66 Plane on the highway, dress, shopping, and passing on words of wisdom

Leanne Liddle is an Arrernte woman born and raised in Alice Springs, who tells of growing up in a racist environment, her work as the first Aboriginal policewoman in South Australia, her many touch points with the Flying Doctor and her current work as one of our RFDS Board members in South Australia

29 Mar 2023

RFDS launch new dental clinic livery

Through a partnership with a specialist First Nations creative team, the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) is proud to launch their new look mobile dental clinic.

28 Mar 2023

RFDS Victoria purchases health clinic in Robinvale

After extensive consultation, RFDS Victoria has officially acquired the Robinvale District Medical Centre (RDMC).

24 Mar 2023

Viva Energy keeping the Flying Doctor in the air and on the ground

Royal Flying Doctor Service and Viva Energy announced an exciting new fuel supply partnership, bringing together two iconic Australian organisations with a long history of helping people get safely to their destinations.

24 Mar 2023

Melbourne Chamber of Commerce tours the Flying Doctor’s hangar

The latest Melbourne Chamber of Commerce Best Practice tour saw members go behind the scenes of the Flying Doctor’s aeromedical operations at Essendon Fields.

22 Mar 2023

#65 Jon Readhead, Jigalong and the Flying Doctor

Jon is approaching his 80th birthday and has had a varied career. This podcast talks about Jon’s work at Jigalong, a remote Aboriginal community in Western Australia in the 1970s, and his experiences with The Flying Doctor.

19 Mar 2023

#64 Heat and dehydration has stopped Richard's heart 8 times...

Opal miner, Richard Hawkins, lives in one of the harshest environments on the planet - Andamooka in remote South Australia. Though he knows well the protocols to prevent deadly dehydration in the extreme desert heat, Richard has learnt some lessons in recent years...

17 Mar 2023

#63 Family holiday plans changed quickly when 7-year-old Mia stumbled by the campfire...

Kayla and Mia tell the story of a road trip where things took an unexpected turn when 7-year-old Mia, who had been warming herself by the fire and waiting for mum to cook dinner, stumbled and to prevent herself falling into the fire, she put her hand into a pot that was sitting on top of the coals.

16 Mar 2023

Close the Gap Day 2023

National Close the Gap Day is a day of action for Indigenous health equality that aims to close the health and life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation.

16 Mar 2023

Close the Gap Day 2023

National Close the Gap Day is a day of action for Indigenous health equality that aims to close the health and life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation.

11 Mar 2023

Outback Queensland town becomes first to trial emergency airstrip lanterns for RFDS

From above, Eulo looks as if it simply doesn't exist — a cluster of small buildings barely visible from the air, swallowed up by red dirt and mulga trees.

09 Mar 2023

First Flying Doctor Community Transport site in Gippsland announced

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RDFS) Victoria is delighted to announce a new partnership with South Gippsland Hospital to expand its Flying Doctor Community Transport service into the community of Foster and surrounds.

09 Mar 2023

Share a video of your adventures and win $10,000!

Find out how you can win our Outback Explorer competition with $10,000 cash, GoPro HERO11 Black Minis and an Adventurer Rescue Swag up for grabs!